chance vs cut-and-dried

chance

verb
  • To try or risk. 

  • To discover something by chance. 

  • To rob, cheat or swindle someone. 

adj
  • Happening by chance, casual. 

noun
  • probability; possibility. 

  • The probability of something happening. 

  • An opportunity or possibility. 

  • Random occurrence; luck. 

cut-and-dried

How often have the words chance and cut-and-dried occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )