have an affair vs play the field

have an affair

verb
  • To engage in a romantic or sexual relationship while being married. 

play the field

verb
  • To have numerous romantic partners, without or before committing exclusively to one. 

  • To cut one's losses by betting on every racehorse other than the crowd favorite. 

How often have the words have an affair and play the field occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )