fool around vs have a thing

fool around

verb
  • To engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts. 

  • To engage in adultery; to play around. 

  • To waste time. 

  • To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around. 

have a thing

verb
  • To be in a casual romantic relationship. 

  • To have a crush on, or a soft spot for, someone. 

How often have the words fool around and have a thing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )