don't put all your eggs in one basket

proverb

Do not dedicate all your resources to one project.

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Meanings

proverb
  1. Do not dedicate all your resources to one project.
  2. Do not count on any one thing to safeguard what is valuable.

Translations

French il ne faut pas mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier
  • il ne faut pas mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panierdo not dedicate all your resources to one project
Greek μη βάζεις όλα τ’ αβγά στο ίδιο καλάθι
  • μη βάζεις όλα τ’ αβγά στο ίδιο καλάθι (mi vázeis óla t’ avgá sto ídio kaláthi)do not dedicate all your resources to one project
Polish nie stawiaj wszystkiego na jedną kartę.
  • nie stawiaj wszystkiego na jedną kartę.do not dedicate all your resources to one project
Russian не клади все яйца в одну корзину
  • не клади все яйца в одну корзину (ne kladi vse jajca v odnu korzinu)do not dedicate all your resources to one project
Spanish no hay que poner todos los huevos en una sola canasta
  • no hay que poner todos los huevos en una sola canastado not dedicate all your resources to one project
Cite this entry
APA

don't put all your eggs in one basket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/don't%20put%20all%20your%20eggs%20in%20one%20basket

MLA

“don't put all your eggs in one basket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/don't%20put%20all%20your%20eggs%20in%20one%20basket. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “don't put all your eggs in one basket,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/don't%20put%20all%20your%20eggs%20in%20one%20basket.

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