go through the floor vs nosedive

go through the floor

nosedive

noun
  • A rapid fall, e.g. in price or value. 

  • A headfirst fall or jump. 

  • A drop in altitude with the nose of the craft angled downwards. 

verb
  • To dive down in a steep angle. 

  • To perform a rapid fall in price or value. 

How often have the words go through the floor and nosedive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )