Meaning
'A suh it guh' — that's how it goes. An expression of acceptance that things simply are the way they are, for better or worse, used to shrug off what cannot be changed or to confirm that yes, that is exactly how a thing is done or how it happened. Close to 'a so it go' and 'such is life', it makes a weary, philosophical peace with hardship, disappointment, or the plain fixed order of things, and it carries the resigned wisdom of a people long practised in accepting what they cannot alter.
Examples
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Life nuh always fair, but a suh it guh.
Life isn't always fair, but that's how it goes.
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Dem win dis time; a suh it guh.
They won this time; that's just how it is.
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Yuh do di work an get pay — a suh it guh.
You do the work and get paid — that's how it goes.
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Mi lose di wuk, but a so it go sometime.
I lost the job, but that's how it goes sometimes.
'a' is the focus marker fronting 'so'; expresses acceptance of hardship.
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Dem win an wi lose — a so it go.
They won and we lost — that's just how it is.
Common closing remark to a disappointing outcome.
Origin
'A' (it is) + 'suh' (so) + 'it guh' (it goes) — literally 'it is so it goes', an expression of how things stand.
How it’s used
Used for acceptance of the unchangeable, or to confirm 'that's just how it is'. Compare 'a suh it set'.