"a suh di ting set" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Phrase

IPA: /a ˈsʌ dɪ ˈtɪŋ ˈsɛt/
Etymology: Literally, "that's how the thing is set." Likely an eye dialect spelling of "as such the thing [is] set." Head templates: {{head|jam|phrase}} a suh di ting set, {{jam-phrase}} a suh di ting set
  1. c'est la vie; such is life, that's life. Synonyms: a suh it guh, a so di ting set, a so di ting set up, a suh di ting set up

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  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"that's how the thing is set.\" Likely an eye dialect spelling of \"as such the thing [is] set.\"",
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        {
          "english": "A: The value of the dollar has increased and my business has suffered as a result. B: Such is life. You've just got to keep holding on.",
          "text": "A: Dollar gaan up an' mi business mash up. B: A suh di ting set still. Yuh jus' haffi gwaan hol' di faith.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The wife must feel like crap because the man's way of thinking is messing with her head. But if she really loves him, she will let him do his thing one last time so that he and she can live out their days in peace. None of this right, my dear, but that's life. Just take it in stride.",
          "ref": "2011, Ragashanti, “Funeral mix-up response”, in The Jamaica Star",
          "text": "“Di wife mus a feel like dawg sideway, cuz di man meds a mash up har head, but if she really luv him she will mek him do him ting one last time suh him and har can RIP. None a it nuh rite mi luv, but a suh di ting set suh jus' gwaan wuk wid it!”",
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        },
        {
          "english": "A Suh Di Ting Set Up: That's life....usually used when another party is complaining about how unfair life is or things beyond their control.",
          "ref": "2014, Joan Williams, Shawn Grant, Original Jamaican Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak ...",
          "text": "“A Suh Di Ting Set Up: That's life....usually used when another party is complaining about how unfair life is or things beyond their control.”",
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        "c'est la vie; such is life, that's life."
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          "such is life",
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          "that's life"
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        {
          "word": "a suh it guh"
        },
        {
          "word": "a so di ting set"
        },
        {
          "word": "a so di ting set up"
        },
        {
          "word": "a suh di ting set up"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a ˈsʌ dɪ ˈtɪŋ ˈsɛt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a suh di ting set"
}
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  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"that's how the thing is set.\" Likely an eye dialect spelling of \"as such the thing [is] set.\"",
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        "Jamaican Creole phrases",
        "Jamaican Creole sentences",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with quotations",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A: The value of the dollar has increased and my business has suffered as a result. B: Such is life. You've just got to keep holding on.",
          "text": "A: Dollar gaan up an' mi business mash up. B: A suh di ting set still. Yuh jus' haffi gwaan hol' di faith.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The wife must feel like crap because the man's way of thinking is messing with her head. But if she really loves him, she will let him do his thing one last time so that he and she can live out their days in peace. None of this right, my dear, but that's life. Just take it in stride.",
          "ref": "2011, Ragashanti, “Funeral mix-up response”, in The Jamaica Star",
          "text": "“Di wife mus a feel like dawg sideway, cuz di man meds a mash up har head, but if she really luv him she will mek him do him ting one last time suh him and har can RIP. None a it nuh rite mi luv, but a suh di ting set suh jus' gwaan wuk wid it!”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "A Suh Di Ting Set Up: That's life....usually used when another party is complaining about how unfair life is or things beyond their control.",
          "ref": "2014, Joan Williams, Shawn Grant, Original Jamaican Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak ...",
          "text": "“A Suh Di Ting Set Up: That's life....usually used when another party is complaining about how unfair life is or things beyond their control.”",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "c'est la vie; such is life, that's life."
      ],
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          "c'est la vie",
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          "such is life",
          "such is life"
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          "that's life",
          "that's life"
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    {
      "ipa": "/a ˈsʌ dɪ ˈtɪŋ ˈsɛt/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "a suh it guh"
    },
    {
      "word": "a so di ting set"
    },
    {
      "word": "a so di ting set up"
    },
    {
      "word": "a suh di ting set up"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a suh di ting set"
}

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