cry the blues vs grump

cry the blues

verb
  • To complain, especially in order to obtain sympathy for one's own purportedly sad situation. 

  • To sing in the style of blues music. 

grump

verb
  • To complain. 

  • To be grumpy. 

noun
  • A grumpy mood. 

  • A habitually grumpy or complaining person. 

How often have the words cry the blues and grump occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )