be economical with the truth vs fib

be economical with the truth

fib

noun
  • A liar. 

  • The fibula. 

  • A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number. 

  • A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential. 

verb
  • To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially. 

How often have the words be economical with the truth and fib occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )