put all your eggs in one basket
/ˌpʊt ɔːl jər ˌeɡz ɪn wʌn ˈbɑːskɪt/INFORMAL · B2
Meaning
to rely completely on a single plan or chance
Examples
- 1I'm applying to five universities because I don't want to put all my eggs in one basket.
- 2Tom put all his eggs in one basket, and when the deal fell through, he had nothing.
- 3Leo relied on one big client, and when it left, he learned not to put all his eggs in one basket.
- 4Should we invest everything in one flat, or is that putting all our eggs in one basket?
- 5Priya only revised one topic for the exam — she really put all her eggs in one basket.
Grammar
Often after don't or not to. put has the same past form; your changes to my, their and so on.
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