bowl a googly vs stumble

bowl a googly

verb
  • to surprise (someone); to introduce (to someone) something unexpected, underhand or requiring a quick reaction or correction. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bowl, googly. 

stumble

verb
  • To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall. 

  • To cause to stumble or trip. 

  • To trip or fall; to walk clumsily. 

  • To make a mistake or have trouble. 

  • To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against. 

noun
  • An error or blunder. 

  • A fall, trip or substantial misstep. 

  • A clumsy walk. 

How often have the words bowl a googly and stumble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )