a suh it guh
Jamaican Creole
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “that's how it goes”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Phrase
[edit]- c'est la vie; such is life, that's life
- A: Dem fire mi fram di work mi get wah day. B: A suh it guh.
- A: I lost the job I got recently. B: That's life.
- 2018, I.D. Seymour, Most Wanted: A Jamaican Story, →ISBN, page 69:
- “FAT MAN, a suh it guh ... wi haffi duh what wi haffi duh, anyway listen up to how it ago guh [...] ”
- FAT MAN, such is life... We have to do what we have to do. In any case, listen up! This is how it's going to be [...]