brine vs hang on

brine

verb
  • To preserve food in a salt solution. 

  • To prepare and flavor food (especially meat) for cooking by soaking in a salt solution. 

noun
  • The sea or ocean; the water of the sea. 

  • Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling. 

hang on

verb
  • To keep; to store something for someone. 

  • To hold, grasp, or grip. 

  • To pay close attention to, or regard with (possibly obsequious) admiration. 

  • To depend upon. 

  • To continually believe in something; to have faith in. 

  • To wait a moment. 

  • To persevere. 

How often have the words brine and hang on occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )