put all your eggs in one basket
PUT awl yor EGZ in wun BAS-kit
pʊt ɔːl jɔːr ɛɡz ɪn wʌn ˈbɑːskɪtListen
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concentrate all of one's resources, hopes, or investments in a single option, leaving no fallback if that option fails; the idiom advises against this strategy by implying the obvious risk: if the basket is dropped, every egg is lost; the proverb is closely associated with the investment principle of diversification, but applies equally to career planning, relationship strategy, and any decision where concentrating risk in a single outcome is potentially catastrophic
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