ax to grind vs holler

ax to grind

noun
  • A grudge or grievance, with implications of confrontation. 

  • A proposition or point of view to advocate, especially motivated by self-interest. 

holler

noun
  • A yell, shout. 

  • A field holler. 

  • Any communication to get somebody's attention. 

verb
  • To yell or shout. 

  • To call out one or more words 

  • To complain, gripe 

How often have the words ax to grind and holler occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )