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don't put all your eggs in one basket

don't put all your eggs in one basket proverb: do not dedicate all your resources to one project.

don't put all your eggs in one basket: do not dedicate all your resources to one project
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Proverb

don't put all your eggs in one basket

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

Questions about don't put all your eggs in one basket

What does don't put all your eggs in one basket mean?
Don't put all your eggs in one basket means do not dedicate all your resources to one project.
What part of speech is don't put all your eggs in one basket?
Don't put all your eggs in one basket is a proverb.

Words near don't put all your eggs in one basket in the dictionary

  1. don't pass go
  2. don't pee in the wind and tell me it's raining
  3. don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining
  4. don't piss in the wind and tell me it's raining
  5. don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining
  6. don't put all your eggs in one basket
  7. don't quit your day job
  8. don't quote me
  9. don't real
  10. don't ring us, we'll ring you
  11. don't say gay

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