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Meaning of all one's eggs in one basket | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The state of having invested heavily in just one area.
plural, plural-only
The state of having devoted all of one’s resources to one thing.
plural, plural-only

Examples

“The stock market decline wouldn’t have hurt him so badly if he hadn’t had all his eggs in one basket.”

“At his age, he won't get another shot; he really has all his eggs in this one basket.”

“We have 72% of our income from fares. That can work in good times. But COVID has exposed that we had all our eggs in one basket, dangerously over-reliant on one source of funding that is subject to the whims of the economy... or viruses.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

all one's life's worth all out all over all over bar the shouting all over the ballpark all over the board