high and dry vs orphaned

high and dry

adj
  • Abandoned, stranded, helpless. 

  • Left out of water, stranded on a beach, or in the stocks for repair, or in dry dock. 

  • Associated with the high church (the Church of England and other Anglican traditions, in reference to their "high" political position in England and "dry"/austere mode of worship), as opposed to the "low and slow" Evangelical party and the "broad and shallow" broad church. 

  • With no condiments. 

orphaned

adj
  • Abandoned. 

  • Made an orphan by the death of one's parents. 

How often have the words high and dry and orphaned occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )