«اِلضِّيفِ الْمِتْعَشِّي تُقْلُهْ عَ الْأَرْضْ»

A visitor who turns up having already had his evening meal costs the household nothing. Since the hosts need not prepare supper for him, the only burden he places anywhere is his own body resting on the floor where he sits or lies down for the night; the floor is literal, not a sign of humility.

More broadly, the saying praises the kind of guest or dependent who arrives self-sufficient. It draws a contrast between someone who drains a household's resources and someone whose presence is light, asking for nothing more than space and leaving his hosts free of worry. A variant ending, saying his burden or worry is gone, makes the same point.

Fits remarks about a visitor who arrives already fed, sparing the hosts any cooking or expense. It can be used to reassure a host, or by a guest excusing himself from a meal, and more loosely for anyone who asks nothing beyond a place to rest.