back to the wall vs inconsolable

back to the wall

noun
  • A very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action. 

inconsolable

adj
  • Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress. 

How often have the words back to the wall and inconsolable occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )