bend the knee vs suck up

bend the knee

verb
  • To submit to another's authority. 

suck up

verb
  • To adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour. 

  • To absorb (fluid). 

  • To fellate (a person) 

How often have the words bend the knee and suck up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )