Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
لا تضع كل البيض في سلة واحدة
English translation:
Don’t put all eggs in one basket
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Assem Mazloum
Oct 30, 2008 17:32
15 yrs ago
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Arabic term
لا تضع كل البيض في سلة واحدة
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أرجو شرح هذه العبارة أو ترجمتها المناسبة إلى الإنجليزية أو البولندية. شكرا
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Nov 13, 2008 07:39: Assem Mazloum Created KOG entry
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Assem Mazloum
Germany
Germany
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Germany
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Saleh Dardeer
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High quality comes first!
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do not put all your eggs in one basket
put all your eggs in one basket
to risk losing everything by putting all your efforts or all your money into one plan or one course of action. If you're going to invest the money, my advice would be don't put all your eggs in one basket.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/put all eggs in one bask...
to risk losing everything by putting all your efforts or all your money into one plan or one course of action. If you're going to invest the money, my advice would be don't put all your eggs in one basket.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/put all eggs in one bask...
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Mona Helal
: this is the idiomatic term in English (with don't)
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Neamaat Shehatah
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Mohamed Samy Ahmed
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Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
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Ahmad Barakat
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Amal Al-Arfaj
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Aymene Zermane
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ABD ALHAMEED AL GARF
Egypt
Egypt
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Egypt
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Don't have too money irons in the fire .
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Note added at 6 mins (2008-10-30 17:38:29 GMT)
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A common proverb
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Note added at 6 mins (2008-10-30 17:38:29 GMT)
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A common proverb
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Ahmad Barakat
: Don't have too many irons in the fire [Don't do more things at the same time than you can handle; don't commit yourself to too many responsibilities.] Also refer to http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/too many irons ...
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