chew the fat vs chinwag

chew the fat

verb
  • To chat idly or generally waste time talking. 

chinwag

verb
  • To chat, to gossip. 

noun
  • An informal conversation, usually about everyday matters; a chat, a gossip. 

How often have the words chew the fat and chinwag occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )