put all your eggs in one basket

Bedeutung

to rely completely on a single plan or chance

Sich ganz auf einen einzigen Plan oder eine einzige Chance verlassen.

Beispiele

1. 1I'm applying to five universities because I don't want to put all my eggs in one basket.
2. 2Tom put all his eggs in one basket, and when the deal fell through, he had nothing.
3. 3Leo relied on one big client, and when it left, he learned not to put all his eggs in one basket.
4. 4Should we invest everything in one flat, or is that putting all our eggs in one basket?
5. 5Priya only revised one topic for the exam — she really put all her eggs in one basket.

Grammatik

Oft nach don't oder not to. Die Vergangenheitsform von put lautet ebenfalls put; der Possessivbegleiter your wird zu my, their usw.