put all your eggs in one basket

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put all your eggs in one basket — idiom

1. To depend completely on one plan or opportunity, which is risky because if it fa

1.idiom
Definition

To depend completely on one plan or opportunity, which is risky because if it fails you have no other options.

Example

Maya invested all her savings in one company, putting all her eggs in one basket.

Instead of applying to many colleges, Diego put all his eggs in one basket by applying only to Harvard.