put all one's eggs in one basket

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

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

   • 2016 March 30, Jane Wells, “Someone told Kobe Bryant he shouldn’t play basketball”, in CNBC‎:

     Fortunately, Bryant ignored that advice and doubled down on his dream. “I thought, ‘If this is so hard to accomplish, how in the world am I going to accomplish it if I don’t put all my eggs in one basket? If I don’t focus 100 percent on this, I’m never going to get there.’”

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