win the battle, but lose the war

Meaning: (idiomatic)To achieve aportionof a goal, butfailto achieve the entire goal.By turning in that one assignment, you may havewon the battle, but you never turned anything else in, so in the end youlost the war.

Examples:

EN: You could win the battle, but lose the war.
ES: Podrías ganar la batalla, pero perder la guerra.

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