give what for vs praise

give what for

verb

  • To scold; to punish, especially verbally. 

praise

verb

  • To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship. 

noun

  • Commendation; favourable representation in words. 

  • Worship. 

How often have the words give what for and praise occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )