daft as a brush vs nutso

daft as a brush

adj
  • Tending to do or say silly things. 

nutso

adj
  • Ridiculous; unbelievable or silly. 

  • Obsessed; overly enthusiastic. 

  • Crazy, insane. 

  • Fraught or out of control. 

noun
  • A crazy person; a crackpot or lunatic. 

  • Craziness; insanity. 

adv
  • In a crazy manner. 

  • Madly; extremely or obsessively. 

How often have the words daft as a brush and nutso occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )