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There isn't an idiom called "eggs basket." Perhaps you are thinking of the old proverb that says "don't keep your eggs in one basket."
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Where did the idiom about eggs in one basket come from?
Although I am not certain of the origin, I have most often heard and read it referring to diversification in the stock market. Just as when you have all your eggs in one basket and you drop the basket you lose all you eggs, if you put all your money into one stock and the stock crashes, you can lose most or all of your investment.
If There is 6 eggs in a basket 6 people take 1 each but there is 1 left in the basket how is that possible?
The basket actually had seven eggs in it. The statement that the basket had six eggs in it is also true, although misleading. If it was said that the basket had only six eggs in then it would be untrue.
What does a drop in the basket mean?
Nothing. I believe you're thinking of "a drop in the bucket," which is an idiom meaning something is only a tiny amount of what is actually needed.
How many eggs can you put in a basket?
depends, lets say you have six eggs and they are 3 centimeters you can put them all in an 60 cm long and 10 cm deep basket put if the eggs are 7 centimeters and you have a basket which is 10x10 it wouldn't fit inside it, im trying to explain that it depends on the size of the egg and the basket.
When was I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket created?
I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket was created in 1936.
What phrases has the word basket?
"Put all the groceries in the shopping basket." "The basketball player made a perfect shot into the basket." "She carried a beautiful woven basket filled with flowers." "The cat jumped out of the laundry basket."
Something to carry Easter eggs?
Basket
How many eggs can you put in an empty basket?
It depends on the size of the basket -.-
What is the origin of the idiom walk on eggs?
To tread lightly on a subject
A dove has laid two eggs in a hanging basket next to your backdoor If you move the whole basket into a tree will the mother find the basket and eggs or will she abandon them?
She will abandon them because animals only sense by smell and your smell will be left.
What is a normal posterior dominant rythem?
EGGS IN a BASKET.
What is the code for basket of eggs on project catastrophe?
0121
