hedging one’s bets vs shrewd

hedging one’s bets

shrewd

adj
  • Sharp, snithy, piercing. 

  • Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters. 

  • Streetwise, street-smart. 

  • Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen. 

  • Nigh accurate. 

  • Artful, tricky or cunning. 

  • Severe, intense, hard. 

How often have the words hedging one’s bets and shrewd occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )