haul someone over the coals vs praise

haul someone over the coals

verb
  • To express anger with someone in no uncertain terms when they do something wrong. 

praise

verb
  • To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship. 

noun
  • Commendation; favourable representation in words. 

  • Worship. 

How often have the words haul someone over the coals and praise occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )