"But the main thing is you have to pick your battles, and I have."
"You have to pick your battles," she told me last winter.
It's a case of picking your battles, and for now, this one isn't hers.
You can pick your battles, but I'm not out here to make friends.
Anne looked as if she was having some "pick your battles" thoughts and in the end decided to let it go.
With Sera, a man had to pick his battles carefully.
You have to pick your battles, as they say.
"I don't like other people picking my battles for me," she said.
I think the underlying issue here is that someone in the city government needs to learn to pick their battles.
Idiome