proverb · Legacy record
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
The saying warns against putting every egg in one basket. As an analogy, it questions concentrating everything where one failure could affect the whole.
What the words are saying
All gives the possible loss a complete scale. A useful application can identify a shared dependency or alternative without treating diversification as a guarantee. The phrase does not prescribe an investment allocation or prove that splitting resources is best in every task.
Everyday example
A team keeps an independent copy of important work rather than relying on a single storage location.
When to use it
Use it to examine concentration and practical alternatives.
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What it does not mean
Multiple arrangements can share risks; no financial allocation or guaranteed protection is supplied.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided proverb reference
Supplied reference A; unit 208; PDF page 34
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