go astray vs hang out to dry

go astray

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, astray. 

  • To be undesirable or unhelpful. 

  • To come to believe an untruth. 

  • To behave in an adulterous manner. 

  • To become lost or mislaid. 

  • To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally. 

hang out to dry

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, out, dry. 

  • To abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague or one dependent. 

How often have the words go astray and hang out to dry occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )