all one's eggs in one basket

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

only 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The state of having invested heavily in just one area.

    仅复数

    The stock market decline wouldn’t have hurt him so badly if he hadn’t had all his eggs in one basket.

  2. 2.

    The state of having devoted all of one’s resources to one thing.

    仅复数

    At his age, he won't get another shot; he really has all his eggs in this one basket.

词源

From put all one's eggs in one basket.

来源：wiktionary