put all your eggs in one basket

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to rely on one particular course of action for success rather than giving yourself several different possibilities

   Well, it seems rather rash to put all your eggs in one basket, old boy.

In the movies · 2

• Well, it seems rather rash to put all your eggs in one basket, old boy.The Letter1940
• You fools! Oh, you really think I'm gonna put all my eggs in one basket?Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade2016

Learn it in full scenes

• The Letter1940
  • Leslie Confesses After the Shooting
  • Leslie Recounts the Night Hammond Died
  • Leslie Describes Shooting Hammond

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