arse about face vs higgledy-piggledy

arse about face

adv
  • In a confused or haphazard manner. 

  • In a manner that is opposite to or the reverse of the way it should be, backwards. 

adj
  • Arranged in a confused or haphazard way; muddled. 

  • Placed or arranged the opposite way to the way it should be. 

higgledy-piggledy

adv
  • In a confused, disordered, or random way. 

noun
  • A disordered jumble; a confusion. 

  • A double-dactyl; a short poem with eight lines in dactylic meter. 

  • Any of various word games using rhyming compounds or dactylic words or phrases. 

adj
  • In utter disorder or confusion; mixed up. 

How often have the words arse about face and higgledy-piggledy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )