give someone their cards vs serve notice

give someone their cards

verb
  • To dismiss someone from employment; to fire or make redundant. 

serve notice

verb
  • To fire; to terminate one's employment or formal association. 

  • To warn or announce. 

  • To officially give a legal notice to. 

How often have the words give someone their cards and serve notice occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )