give the axe vs shit-can

give the axe

verb
  • To fire (dismiss from employment) 

shit-can

verb
  • To dismiss or expel from continuing to work at or attend someplace. 

  • To severely injure or destroy; to trash. 

  • To get rid of or cancel. 

  • To dispose of in a shitcan (trash can); to throw out. 

How often have the words give the axe and shit-can occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )