false light vs tall story

false light

noun
  • A point of view resulting in a misleading or inaccurate representation of a person, situation, or fact. 

  • A cause of action arising under the common law where a person is portrayed in a way which, while not technically false, is misleading and likely to cause embarrassment to that person. 

tall story

noun
  • A tale or an account of questionable veracity; a lie. 

How often have the words false light and tall story occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )