all one's eggs in one basket en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From put all one's eggs in one basket.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) The state of having invested heavily in just one area.
The stock market decline wouldn’t have hurt him so badly if he hadn’t had all his eggs in one basket.
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(plural, plural-only) The state of having devoted all of one’s resources to one thing.
We have 72% of our income from fares. That can work in good times. But COVID has exposed that we had all our eggs in one basket, dangerously over-reliant on one source of funding that is subject to the whims of the economy... or viruses.
2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 50:At his age, he won't get another shot; he really has all his eggs in this one basket.
Translations (7)
sv alla ägg i samma korg (the state of having invested in one area only) · sv allt på ett kort (the state of having invested in one area only) · sh сва јаја у истој корпи (the state of having invested in one area only) · sh сва јаја у једној корпи (the state of having invested in one area only) · da alt på ét bræt (the state of having invested in one area only) · da alt på ét kort (the state of having invested in one area only) · fi kaikki munat samaan koriin (the state of having invested in one area only)