A Kipper 

Someone who is two faced, with no guts.

Don’t trust him, he’s just a kipper. (a two faced bastard with no guts)

A Kipper by swichme July 9, 2012

Done Up Like a Kipper 

British idiom for one who has been totally bamboozled or taken advantage of by another.

Friend A: You just bought a gold watch from the street vendor for 100 quid?

Friend B: Yeah, mate, nice watch, isn't it?

Friend A: Eh, boy, you've been done up like a kipper!

Done Up Like a Kipper by ripeness November 9, 2012

done you like a kipper 

When you make someone your fool

Legend: "Want to buy a snowboard?"
Kipper: "sure, how much mate?"
Legend: "£300?"
Kipper: "Awesome"
Legend: "ahh only cost me £200, done you like a kipper!"
Kipper: "Where does that saying come from anyway?"
Legend: "From me when I sold you a snowboard!"

done you like a kipper by theRealPhantomPleaseStandUp January 12, 2015

burst like a kipper  

Post coital state of a lady having engaged in a vigourous encounter with a gentleman of some proportion

Agnes: Awrite Senga, how did ye get oan wi' Boabie last night?

Senga: Aye, fine... Bit aff mer than ah could chew like. Ah'm burst like a kipper so ah am!

Agnes: Ya durty bint. Well played.

burst like a kipper by 429qa May 23, 2008

Done Up Like a Kipper 

Done up/stiched up like a kipper, surely takes it's meaning from the term red herring, which means to mislead or distract from an important issue, in a trickster style.

A Red Herring, in the literal sense, is a particularly strong smelling fish called a Kipper that has turned a red colour following the smoking process traditionally used to preserve it.
Therefore, to be done or stiched up like a kipper, clearly means to be duped or tricked by false information that was there for all to see, (in hindsight).

For example: when someone purchases an item they believe to be far superior to what it turns out to be, based on the persuasion and false information by the seller.

He was done up like a kipper when he bought that car. Meaning the car was a pile of s*** and he was tricked when he payed top dollar for it.

Done Up Like a Kipper by squeeze163 August 4, 2016

jobs a kipper 

a job well done, to be pleased with a job you've just done. Dierived from "jobs a good'un", into "jobs a gudgeon" (which is a type of fish), into "jobs a fish" and finally into "jobs a kipper" (being a particurly smelly fish).

John; "you finished changing that wheel yet?"
Mike; "oh yes, 'jobs a kipper' "

jobs a kipper by beetlebodger October 19, 2009

done up like a kipper 

Blimey yes these drugs are working.

"He doesn't even remember being there..."
"Yeah, he was done up like a kipper"

done up like a kipper by Earl Montmorency Grey July 18, 2005