put all your eggs in one basket
informalDefinition
› to depend for your success on a single person or plan of action: I'm applying for several jobs because I don't really want to put all my eggs in one basket.Being based on or depending on something
(Definition of put all your eggs in one basket from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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