a brick short of a load vs unread

a brick short of a load

unread

verb
  • To undo the process of reading. 

  • To flag (a previously read e-mail or similar message) as not having been read. 

noun
  • An unread email or instant message. 

adj
  • Not having been read. 

  • Not having read; uneducated. 

How often have the words a brick short of a load and unread occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )