Battle and war

Posted by Bob February 16, 2003In reply to Battle and war posted by R. Berg on February 16, 2003

does anyone know what exactly this phraise means? please help

It's about like "You scored a few points there, but in the end your team lost the game." Does that help?

It's a "pyrrhic" victory. From the dictionary:
Main Entry: Pyr·rhic
Pronunciation: 'pir-ik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Pyrrhus, king of Epirus who sustained heavy losses in defeating the Romans

achieved at excessive cost ; also : costly to the point of negating or outweighing expected benefits