Done up Like a Kipper
Defeated.
Framed, set up.
Caught by police at the crime scene.
Meaning from the English-Bulgarian dictionary:
Kipper ['kipə]
Smoked fish, especially herring.
Male salmon (during the spawning period).
Origin
It is believed that the expression derives from the association with smoking fish on a griddle.
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