all one's eggs in one basket

English

Etymology

From put all one's eggs in one basket.

Pronunciation

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Noun

all one's eggs in one basket pl (plural only)

1. 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.

2. The state of having devoted all of one’s resources to one thing.

   At his age, he won't get another shot; he really has all his eggs in this one basket.

   • 2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 50:

     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.

Translations

put all one's eggs in one basket — see put all one's eggs in one basket

the state of having invested in one area only

• Danish: alt på ét kort, alt på ét bræt
• Finnish: kaikki munat samaan koriin
• Serbo-Croatian: сва јаја у једној корпи, сва јаја у истој корпи
• Swedish: alla ägg i samma korg, allt på ett kort