circle the drain vs crump

circle the drain

verb
  • To be in rapid decline or a state of downfall, especially as leading to inevitable utter failure or destruction. 

crump

verb
  • (of one's health) to decline rapidly (but not as rapidly as crash). 

  • To produce such a sound. 

adj
  • Hard or crusty; dry baked 

noun
  • The sound of a muffled explosion. 

How often have the words circle the drain and crump occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )