dead to the world vs half-asleep

dead to the world

adj
  • Sound asleep. 

  • Unconscious. 

  • Without social relationships or communication; without emotional or tangible bonds to others. 

half-asleep

adj
  • Showing signs of being asleep or very sleepy, as not demonstrating full energy or attention. 

How often have the words dead to the world and half-asleep occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )