exceptional vs nothing to write home about

exceptional

noun
  • An exception, or something having an exceptional value 

adj
  • Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence. 

  • Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. 

  • Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity. 

nothing to write home about

pron
  • Not exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good. 

How often have the words exceptional and nothing to write home about occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )