Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket basically means you need to keep your options open and not put all your efforts or money into just one thing. For if that one thing fails, you’ll lose everything! In which case people might think you’re a basket case or in other words, a bit mad!

Examples

“If I were you I’d apply for more then just one job. You don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket.”

“My neighbour lets her cat eat at the table with her. She’s a real basket case!”

“Have you seen the cat sitting on the basket in the photo?”