"all one's eggs in one basket" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-all one's eggs in one basket.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From put all one's eggs in one basket. Etymology templates: {{m|en|put all one's eggs in one basket}} put all one's eggs in one basket Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} all one's eggs in one basket pl (plural only)
  1. The state of having invested heavily in just one area. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-all_one's_eggs_in_one_basket-en-noun-~XZaK6oR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 79 21
  2. The state of having devoted all of one’s resources to one thing. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-all_one's_eggs_in_one_basket-en-noun-uaU1LSrn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (the state of having invested in one area only): alt på ét kort (Danish), alt på ét bræt (Danish), kaikki munat samaan koriin (Finnish), сва јаја у једној корпи (Serbo-Croatian), сва јаја у истој корпи (Serbo-Croatian), alla ägg i samma korg (Swedish), allt på ett kort (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'the state of having invested in one area only': 54 46

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