fearful vs weak-kneed

fearful

adj
  • Tending to fear; timid. 

  • Frightening; causing fear. 

adv
  • Extremely; fearfully. 

weak-kneed

adj
  • Lacking will power or strength of character; timid. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see weak, kneed. 

How often have the words fearful and weak-kneed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )