hang out to dry vs leave behind

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. 

leave behind

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, behind. 

  • To pass. 

  • To abandon. 

  • To leave (a trace of something). 

  • To not live longer than; to be survived by. 

  • To forget about. 

  • To outdo; to progress faster than (someone or something else). 

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