breathtaking vs eye-watering

breathtaking

adj
  • Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment. 

  • stunningly beautiful; amazing 

eye-watering

adj
  • Of a shocking or surprising nature. 

  • So expensive that (figuratively) it would make one's eyes water. 

  • Having an odour, vapours or smoke which causes irritation to the eyes. 

  • Having an extremely bad odour. 

How often have the words breathtaking and eye-watering occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )