close to the bone vs smutty

close to the bone

adj
  • Penetrating and relatable, to the point of causing discomfort. 

  • Destitute. 

smutty

adj
  • Obscene, indecent. 

  • Affected with the smut fungus. 

  • Soiled with smut; blackened, dirty. 

verb
  • To make dirty; to soil. 

How often have the words close to the bone and smutty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )