arse about vs play tricks

arse about

adj
  • The wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong. 

play tricks

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, tricks. 

  • Of one's eyes, mind, etc.: to deceive or mislead one. 

How often have the words arse about and play tricks occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )