boring as beans vs sluggish

boring as beans

adj
  • Very boring; devoid of interest. 

sluggish

adj
  • Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive 

  • Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert. 

  • Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth. 

  • Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. 

  • Slow; having little motion. 

How often have the words boring as beans and sluggish occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )