Put All Your Eggs In One Basket Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Put All Your Eggs In One Basket Idiom mean?

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Put all your eggs in one basket What does Put all your eggs in one basket mean?	If you put all your eggs in one basket, you risk everything on a single opportunity which, like eggs breaking, could go wrong.
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grit one's teeth What does "grit one's teeth" mean?	to grind one's teeth together in anger or from stress or determination	I grit my teeth and began to clean up after the students' party.

wet one's whistle What does "wet one's whistle" mean?	to have a drink (one's whistle is one's throat)	I stopped at a small cafe near the beach to wet my whistle.
let it rip What does "let it rip" mean?	let something go at full speed, take off all restraints	He let it rip and left the shore in the motorboat.
work over What does "work over" mean?	threaten or beat someone	The gang worked over the storeowner in order to get some money from him.
on behalf of (someone) What does "on behalf of (someone)" mean?	representing someone	The lawyer went to the meeting on behalf of his client.
think better of (doing something) What does "think better of (doing something)" mean?	to think about something again and make a better decision regarding it	I would think better of going to Europe in the winter if I ever go there again.

nose (someone) out What does "nose (someone) out" mean?	to push someone away, to exclude someone	The famous basketball player nosed out the other players to win the award for the best player in the league.
wet behind the ears What does "wet behind the ears" mean?	to be young and inexperienced, to be new in a job or place	The man is wet behind the ears and does not know very much about his company.
look like the cat that swallowed the canary What does "look like the cat that swallowed the canary" mean?	to look very self-satisfied, to look as if you have just had a great success	The boy looked like the cat that swallowed the canary after he won the relay race.
talk until one is blue in the face What does "talk until one is blue in the face" mean?	to talk until one is exhausted	I talked until I was blue in the face but I could not change my teacher's opinion about my essay.

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Put All Your Eggs In One Basket Idiom