put all one's eggs in one basket

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

put all one's eggs in one basket

1. (idiomatic) To rely on a single source (as of income), rather than diversifying.

   They felt that buying more real estate than they already had would be putting all their eggs in one basket.

Translations

to rely on a single source

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (literal) 把所有 (suǒyǒu)雞蛋／鸡蛋 (jīdàn)放在一個／一个 (yīgè)籃子／篮子 (lánzi)裡／里 (lǐ), 把所有 (suǒyǒu)鸡蛋 (jīdàn)放在一个 (yīgè)篮子 (lánzi)里 (lǐ) (bǎ suǒyǒu jīdàn fàng zài yīgè lánzi lǐ)

• Danish: sætte alt på ét kort, sætte alt på ét bræt
• Finnish: panna kaikki munat samaan koriin (fi)
• French: mettre tous les œufs dans le même panier (fr)
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• German: alles auf eine Karte setzen (de), alle Eier in einen Korb legen
• Japanese: (literal) 一つのことに全てを賭ける (ひとつのことにすべてをかける, hitotsu no koto ni subete o kakeru)
• Russian: класть все я́йца в одну́ корзи́ну (klastʹ vse jájca v odnú korzínu), ста́вить всё на ка́рту (stávitʹ vsjo na kártu)
• Swedish: lägga alla ägg i samma korg