all one's eggs in one basket

Definition

The state of having invested heavily in just one area.

Etymology

From put all one's eggs in one basket.

Example Sentences

• "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."