costing the earth vs prohibitive

costing the earth

prohibitive

noun
  • A negative imperative. 

adj
  • Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow. 

  • Costly to the extreme; beyond budget. 

  • presumptive winner, likely winner. 

How often have the words costing the earth and prohibitive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )