bend one’s ear vs irritate

bend one’s ear

irritate

verb
  • To cause or induce displeasure or irritation. 

  • To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism). 

  • To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in. 

How often have the words bend one’s ear and irritate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )