bad news vs moral

bad news

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

  • News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events. 

moral

adj
  • Probable but not proved. 

  • Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour. 

  • Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment. 

  • Capable of right and wrong action. 

  • Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will. 

noun
  • Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct. 

  • The ethical significance or practical lesson. 

verb
  • To moralize. 

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