cross the line vs go too far

cross the line

verb
  • To overstep a boundary, rule, or limit; to go too far or do something unacceptable. 

  • To achieve completion of something. 

  • To finish a race. 

  • To cross the equator, as a vessel at sea. 

  • To film from the opposite side of an imaginary axis on set in order to view the actors from the opposite direction. 

go too far

verb
  • To exceed an unstated limit, especially a limit of acceptable behaviour. 

How often have the words cross the line and go too far occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )