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1 put all one's eggs in one basket
(to depend entirely on the success of one scheme, plan etc: You should apply for more than one job - don't put all your eggs in one basket.) sætte alt på ét bræt* * *(to depend entirely on the success of one scheme, plan etc: You should apply for more than one job - don't put all your eggs in one basket.) sætte alt på ét brætEnglish-Danish dictionary > put all one's eggs in one basket
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2 egg
I [eɡ] noun1) (an oval object usually covered with shell, laid by a bird, reptile etc, from which a young one is hatched: The female bird is sitting on the eggs in the nest.) æg2) (such an object laid by a hen, used as food: Would you rather have boiled, fried or scrambled eggs?) æg3) (in the female mammal, the cell from which the young one is formed; the ovum: The egg is fertilized by the male sperm.) ægcelle•- egg-cup- eggplant
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- put all one's eggs in one basket
- teach one's grandmother to suck eggs II [eɡ]- egg on* * *I [eɡ] noun1) (an oval object usually covered with shell, laid by a bird, reptile etc, from which a young one is hatched: The female bird is sitting on the eggs in the nest.) æg2) (such an object laid by a hen, used as food: Would you rather have boiled, fried or scrambled eggs?) æg3) (in the female mammal, the cell from which the young one is formed; the ovum: The egg is fertilized by the male sperm.) ægcelle•- egg-cup- eggplant
- eggshell
- put all one's eggs in one basket
- teach one's grandmother to suck eggs II [eɡ]- egg on
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