"don't put all your eggs in one basket" meaning in English

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Proverb

Head templates: {{head|en|proverb}} don't put all your eggs in one basket
  1. Do not dedicate all your resources to one project. Translations (do not dedicate all your resources to one project): il ne faut pas mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier (French), nie stawiaj wszystkiego na jedną kartę. (Polish), не клади все яйца в одну корзину (ne kladi vse jajca v odnu korzinu) (Russian), no hay que poner todos los huevos en una sola canasta (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-don't_put_all_your_eggs_in_one_basket-en-proverb-NakUqzVl Disambiguation of 'do not dedicate all your resources to one project': 88 12
  2. Do not count on any one thing to safeguard what is valuable.
    Sense id: en-don't_put_all_your_eggs_in_one_basket-en-proverb-Af1GcVCa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English proverbs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English proverbs: 28 72

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