Iain:

Welcome to our little bedlam. Can you tell us the context of this phrase?

I knew Jonah was pretty fat, but I didn't ever notice that he was called any epithets in the Bible.

Though few know of the fate that eventually befell Jonah. He was eaten by a gigantic chicken. And thus we have the phrase "out of the leviathan into the fryer."

Sorry. Most of the old timers here have heard that before, but it's one of my favorites.

TEd



TEd