出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第21页（271字）
比喻尽其所有的力量，去做最后的冒险事业，例他经商屡次失败，现在更将家产变卖，作孤注一掷。
Having failed already in several other business ventures， it would be like“putting one’s eggs all in one basket”for him now to sink his private income into this latest venture．