dilly vs nutty as a fruitcake

dilly

adj
  • Silly; characteristic of a dill. 

  • Redolent of dill (the herb). 

noun
  • Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual. 

  • A dilly bag. 

nutty as a fruitcake

adj
  • Behaving in an eccentric, foolish, or kooky manner; very nutty. 

How often have the words dilly and nutty as a fruitcake occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )