happy as a clam vs happy as a lark

happy as a clam

adj
  • Very happy and carefree. 

happy as a lark

adj
  • Very happy (sometimes with the extra connotations of being carefree or unaware of grimmer realities). 

How often have the words happy as a clam and happy as a lark occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )