hammer and tongs vs intensely

hammer and tongs

adv
  • In a manner indicating seriousness of intent and capability of harm. 

intensely

adv
  • In an intense manner. 

  • To an intense degree, extremely. 

  • An intensely private man, he kept chit-chat to a minimum. 

How often have the words hammer and tongs and intensely occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )