all one's eggs in one basket

English

Noun

all one’s eggs in one basket

1. (idiomatic) 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. (idiomatic) The state of having devoted all of one’s resources to one thing

   at his age he will not get another shot; he really has all his eggs in this one basket

Translations

the state of having invested in one area only

• Danish: alt på ét kort, alt på ét bræt
• Finnish: kaikki munat samaan koriin
• French: tous ses oeufs dans le même panier (fr)

• Serbo-Croatian: сва јаја у једној корпи (sh) (sva jaja u jednoj korpi), сва јаја у истој корпи (sh) (sva jaja u istoj korpi)
• Swedish: alla ägg i samma korg (sv), allt på ett kort (sv)

the state of having devoted everything to one thing