English Idioms – don’t put all your eggs in one basket

Idiom

don’t put all your eggs in one basket

Definition

don’t put too much importance on just one thing because if that fails you have nothing

Example

He invested all his money in shares in one company and when that company went bankrupt he lost everything. He shouldn’t have put all his eggs in one basket.

See also:

English Idioms – don’t count your chickens before they hatch

English Idioms – dead heat