at a time vs in the same breath

at a time

prep
  • Simultaneously at each occurrence (of some action). 

  • In a single, continuous period of time. 

in the same breath

prep
  • Said or done almost simultaneously, in one sequence. 

  • Said of two things that cannot be true simultaneously. 

How often have the words at a time and in the same breath occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )