barren vs dry as a bone

barren

adj
  • Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty. 

  • Unable to bear children; sterile. 

  • Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation. 

  • Mentally dull; stupid. 

  • Bleak. 

noun
  • An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place. 

dry as a bone

adj
  • completely dry; totally dry 

How often have the words barren and dry as a bone occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )