gild the lily vs reinforce

gild the lily

verb
  • To embellish or improve something unnecessarily. 

  • To add superfluous attributes to something. 

reinforce

verb
  • To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation. 

  • To emphasize or review. 

  • To encourage (a behavior or idea) through repeated stimulus. 

How often have the words gild the lily and reinforce occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )