bad news vs blessing

bad news

noun
  • An irritating, troublesome or harmful person, situation or thing. 

  • News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events. 

blessing

noun
  • Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward. 

  • A pronouncement invoking divine aid. 

  • Good fortune. 

  • A modern pagan ceremony. 

  • The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval. 

  • A group of unicorns. 

  • A prayer before a meal; grace. 

  • Something someone is glad of. 

How often have the words bad news and blessing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )