This proverb means that too much of a good thing can lead to the loss of what is valuable. The first part of the proverb compares an overabundance of grass to a pig becoming lost, symbolizing that excess can make it difficult to navigate or find what is important. Similarly, too many words can stifle what is genuinely valuable or true. An equivalent proverb in English would be ‘Too much of a good thing can be bad.’ The lesson here is that maintaining wealth or valuable things requires avoiding unnecessary excess.