at large vs in the cards

at large

prep
  • Having an electorate across multiple districts. 

  • In general; as a whole. 

  • On the loose; roaming freely; not confined. 

in the cards

prep
  • Destined or fated to happen; predicted or foreseen. 

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