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

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put all one's eggs in one basket What does put all one's eggs in one basket mean?	to risk everything at once	I do not want to put all my eggs in one basket and only invest money in real estate.
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ivories What does "ivories" mean?	piano keys
learn by rote What does "learn by rote" mean?	learn or memorize something without thinking about it	We learned many verbs by rote in the foreign language class.
have (something) stuck in one's craw What does "have (something) stuck in one's craw" mean?	have something irritate or displease someone	The man's complaint stuck in my craw for several weeks before I forgot it.
a pick-me-up What does "a pick-me-up" mean?	food or a drink that one takes when one feels tired or lacks energy	I stopped at the restaurant on my way home from work for a quick pick-me-up.
on hand What does "on hand" mean?	nearby, available, in one's possession	We did not have a screwdriver on hand so we could not fix the stove.
wear on (someone) What does "wear on (someone)" mean?	anger or annoy (someone)	His constant complaining is beginning to wear on me.
fall out of use What does "fall out of use" mean?	to be no longer used	Video recorders have fallen out of use recently.
eat (someone) out of house and home What does "eat (someone) out of house and home" mean?	to eat much food in someone's home	The two teenage boys were eating their parents out of house and home.
before long What does "before long" mean?	soon	I had to wait a few minutes but before long my friend arrived.
turn in (something) What does "turn in (something)" mean?	to give something to someone, to hand something to someone	I turned in the wallet that I had found to the police.
go out of fashion/style What does "go out of fashion/style" mean?	to become unfashionable	Striped pants have recently gone out of fashion.

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Put All One's Eggs In One Basket Idiom