«عِيبِ الْكَلَامْ تَطْوِيلُهْ»

The proverb holds that the chief weakness of talk lies in stretching it out. Words that run on past their purpose lose force, tire the listener, and bury their point. It faults excessive length rather than speaking itself, so it praises brevity, not silence.

The same judgment is naturally extended beyond conversation to other things needlessly prolonged, such as a task, a visit, or an affair. This is a loose extension of the core idea rather than a fixed second meaning, but it still quietly praises knowing when something has gone on long enough.

Use this when someone drags out an explanation, story, speech, or task beyond what is useful. It works as a mild rebuke or a self-aware remark that you should get to the point, and by extension it can apply to other things stretched past their proper length.