grind one's gears vs tick off

grind one's gears

verb
  • To annoy or irritate one. 

tick off

verb
  • To annoy, aggravate. 

  • To sign with a tick. 

  • To reprimand. 

  • To list (create or recite a list). 

How often have the words grind one's gears and tick off occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )