An empty hand is not licked.
More Swahili Proverbs:
The sick man is the garden of the physicians.Swahili
If you are a flag follow the wind.
Swahili
Happiness requires something to do, something to love and something to hope for.
Swahili
Slow moving lion eats meat.
Swahili
When tide is high, it ebbs.
Swahili
One fault does not warrant divorce of a wife.
Swahili