caught on the hop vs nonplussed

caught on the hop

adj
  • In a situation for which one is unprepared. 

  • In a situation of change, especially from a known to an unknown state. 

nonplussed

adj
  • Unaffected, unfazed; unimpressed. 

  • Unsure how to act or respond; bewildered, perplexed. 

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