awareness vs ear to the ground

awareness

noun
  • The state or quality of being aware of something. 

  • The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer. 

ear to the ground

noun
  • The practice or characteristic of carefully gathering information; a state or mindset of attentiveness. 

  • Pursuing the practice or having the characteristic of carefully gathering information; well-informed. 

How often have the words awareness and ear to the ground occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )