beat the stuffing out of vs whale on

beat the stuffing out of

verb
  • To beat very severely. 

  • To trounce, outdo, or triumph over. 

whale on

verb
  • To beat heavily on anything. 

  • To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight. 

How often have the words beat the stuffing out of and whale on occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )