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  • 21put all your eggs in one basket — If you put all your eggs in one basket, you risk everything on a single opportunity which, like eggs breaking, could go wrong …

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  • 22all one's eggs in one basket — noun a) 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 b) The state of having devoted all of one’s resources to one thing at his age he… …

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  • 23put all your eggs in one basket — put all (your) eggs in one basket to risk losing everything by putting all your efforts or all your money into one plan or one course of action. If you re going to invest the money, my advice would be don t put all your eggs in one basket …

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  • 24put all eggs in one basket — put all (your) eggs in one basket to risk losing everything by putting all your efforts or all your money into one plan or one course of action. If you re going to invest the money, my advice would be don t put all your eggs in one basket …

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  • 25put all your eggs in one basket —    If you put all your eggs in one basket, you risk everything on a single opportunity which, like eggs breaking, could go wrong.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 26Put all your eggs in one basket —   If you put all your eggs in one basket, you risk everything on a single opportunity which, like eggs breaking, could go wrong …

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  • 27Old Woman Cooking Eggs — Artist Diego Velázquez Year 1618 Type Oil on canvas Dimensions 99 cm × 169 cm (39 in × 67 in) L …

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  • 28I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket — is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1936 film Follow the Fleet , where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.Notable recordings*Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958) *Ella Fitzgerald… …

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  • 29put all one's eggs in one basket — verb 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 …

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  • 30all your eggs in one basket — depending on one plan or one investment, hedge your bets    If you invest all your money in one hotel, you ll have all your eggs in one basket …

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