all one's eggs in one basket

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Definition of all one's eggs in one basket in English English dictionary

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.

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.

Hyphenation

all one's eggs in one bas·ket

Turkish pronunciation

ôl wʌnz egz în hwʌn bäskıt

Pronunciation

/ˈôl ˈwənz ˈegz ən ˈhwən ˈbaskət/ /ˈɔːl ˈwʌnz ˈɛɡz ɪn ˈhwʌn ˈbæskət/