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put all one's eggs in one basket en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To rely on a single source (as of income), rather than diversifying.
    • BR had a policy of not putting all of its eggs in one basket when it came to procuring rolling stock, with locomotives and multiple units built by a variety of manufacturers. 2024 August 21, Pip Dunn, “When Sprinters left the starting blocks”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 48:
    • They felt that buying more real estate than they already had would be putting all their eggs in one basket.
    • Fortunately, Bryant ignored that advice and doubled down on his dream. “I thought, ‘If this is so hard to accomplish, how in the world am I going to accomplish it if I don’t put all my eggs in one basket? If I don’t focus 100 percent on this, I’m never going to get there.’” 2016 March 30, Jane Wells, “Someone told Kobe Bryant he shouldn’t play basketball”, in CNBC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
put all one's eggs in one basket Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put all one's eggs in one basket Tense=Past lexicographic
puts all one's eggs in one basket Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
putting all one's eggs in one basket Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

all one's eggs in one basket · don't put all your eggs in one basket

Translations (18)

pl postawić wszystko na jedną kartę (to rely on a single source) · cmn 把所有雞蛋放在一個籃子裡 /把所有鸡蛋放在一个篮子里 (to rely on a single source) · fr mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier (to rely on a single source) · de alles auf eine Karte setzen (to rely on a single source) · de alle Eier in einen Korb legen (to rely on a single source) · nl al je eieren in één mand zetten (to rely on a single source) · da sætte alt på ét kort (to rely on a single source) · nl alles op één kaart zetten (to rely on a single source) · ja 一つのことに全てを賭ける (to rely on a single source) · da sætte alt på ét bræt (to rely on a single source) · ga bheith ag brath ar rud amháin (to rely on a single source) · fi panna kaikki munat samaan koriin (to rely on a single source) · pl stawiać wszystko na jedną kartę (to rely on a single source) · hu mindent egy lapra tesz fel (to rely on a single source) · sv lägga alla ägg i samma korg (to rely on a single source) · es jugárselo todo a una carta (to rely on a single source) · ru класть все я́йца в одну́ корзи́ну (to rely on a single source) · ru ста́вить всё на ка́рту (to rely on a single source)