Phrase guide

put all one's eggs in one basket

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To rely on a single source (as of income), rather than diversifying.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • They felt that buying more real estate than they already had would be putting all their eggs in one basket.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 把所有雞蛋放在一個籃子裡 /把所有鸡蛋放在一个篮子里 (bǎ suǒyǒu jīdàn fàng zài yīgè lánzi lǐ) — to rely on a single source
  • Danish: sætte alt på ét kort — to rely on a single source
  • Danish: sætte alt på ét bræt — to rely on a single source
  • Dutch: al je eieren in één mand zetten — to rely on a single source
  • Dutch: alles op één kaart zetten — to rely on a single source
  • Finnish: panna kaikki munat samaan koriin — to rely on a single source
  • French: mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier — to rely on a single source
  • German: alles auf eine Karte setzen — to rely on a single source
  • German: alle Eier in einen Korb legen — to rely on a single source
  • Hungarian: mindent egy lapra tesz fel — to rely on a single source
  • Irish: bheith ag brath ar rud amháin — to rely on a single source
  • Japanese: 一つのことに全てを賭ける (hitotsu no koto ni subete o kakeru) — to rely on a single source
  • Polish: stawiać wszystko na jedną kartę — to rely on a single source
  • Polish: postawić wszystko na jedną kartę — to rely on a single source
  • Russian: класть все я́йца в одну́ корзи́ну (klastʹ vse jájca v odnú korzínu) — to rely on a single source
  • Russian: ста́вить всё на ка́рту (stávitʹ vsjo na kártu) — to rely on a single source
  • Spanish: jugárselo todo a una carta — to rely on a single source
  • Swedish: lägga alla ägg i samma korg — to rely on a single source