go from bad to worse vs hit on

go from bad to worse

verb
  • to become even worse 

hit on

verb
  • To discover, pinpoint; to think up; to realize. 

  • To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc. 

How often have the words go from bad to worse and hit on occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )