dumb as an ox vs idiotic

dumb as an ox

adj
  • Stupid. 

idiotic

adj
  • Having the quality of idiocy; very foolish 

  • Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy. 

How often have the words dumb as an ox and idiotic occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )