話太長
這一族就是畫面本身：說的人還在吸那口長氣，聽的人已經走神了。
adjective · B2
Going on for too long, or using far more words than the idea needs, so that people stop listening or reading.
又臭又長、囉嗦
核心畫面
Think of someone who has taken one enormous breath and simply will not stop: the sentence keeps going, the point is somewhere ahead, and the listener has already given up waiting for it. The complaint is never length by itself — it is length that buys nothing. Hold that, and the second use follows without effort: a process can take an enormous breath too.
可以想成一個人吸了一大口氣，然後一路講下去都不停：句子還在長，重點還在前面，聽的人已經放棄等了。抱怨的從來不是「長」…更多收起
可以想成一個人吸了一大口氣，然後一路講下去都不停：句子還在長，重點還在前面，聽的人已經放棄等了。抱怨的從來不是「長」本身。抱怨的是這個長度什麼也沒換到。抓住這一點，第二個用法就自己長出來了：一套流程也可以這樣一口氣拖下去。From the word’s history
From long + winded; wind in this family is breath, so the literal picture is having a long breath.
來源說它是 long 加 winded。wind 在這一族裡可以想成「氣息」，所以字面畫面就是「一口氣很長」。這個畫面跟今天的意思幾乎重疊：話拖著不停，聽的人先撐不住。
Wiktionary etymology supplied in packet: 'From long + winded.' (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:477839977)
Two branches
步驟太多
同一個抱怨換了對象：這次拖著不停的不是句子，是流程。
adjective · B2
If a way of doing something is long-winded, it has far more steps than it needs, so it takes a lot of time and trouble to get through.
手續繁瑣、很麻煩