The aims of this research are to describe the metaphoricalimage in sêsênggak (Sasak proverbs) which is based on thetypes of reference as the target domain (tenor) and sourcedomain (vehicle); and to uncover the meaning orsignificance. The data are collected through participantobservation method and in-depth interview with keyinformants. The results show, on one hand, that the socioculturalbackground of the Sasak community gives the most dominant contribution in sêsênggak’s lexicon (language). On the other, that socio-cultural background has much mpression on the various humanitarian issues involving sêsênggak, which is created to control (directive-prohibitive) and to evaluate the attitude or behavior of a person or a certain group of people. On that ground, sêsênggak was born from some unique mixtures of the natural environment and the socio-cultural organization of thoughts, opinions, memories, senses, experiences, knowledge, imaginations, creativities, sensitivities, intelligences, as well as consciousness, which are based on the rules, the laws, and the societal structures. These mixtures become a united, coherent, rational, and organized expression in the framework of language and conscience.