bush league vs milk-and-water

bush league

adj
  • Amateurish, unprofessional, unpolished, juvenile. 

  • Of inferior quality. 

noun
  • A professional sports association at the lower levels of minor league organization. 

  • A low-ranking or inferior level among groups, professions, organizations, etc. 

milk-and-water

adj
  • Insipid, wishy-washy, weak. 

noun
  • Something insipid or mawkish. 

How often have the words bush league and milk-and-water occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )