drunk as a piper vs fried

drunk as a piper

adj
  • Thoroughly drunk. 

fried

adj
  • Drunk; under the influence of alcohol. 

  • Extremely tired due to exertion or stress; exhausted. 

  • Fried with the yolk unbroken. 

  • Broken as a result of excessive heat or an electrical surge. 

  • Cooked in a deep fryer or pressure fryer or the like after being coated (breaded) in batter; compare deep-fried. 

  • Cooked by frying. 

  • Stoned; under the influence of drugs. 

How often have the words drunk as a piper and fried occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )