hold the purse strings vs manage

hold the purse strings

verb
  • To be in control of spending; to have financial power and responsibility. 

manage

verb
  • To handle or control (a situation, job). 

  • To direct or be in charge of. 

  • To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help. 

  • To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc. 

  • To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty. 

  • To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action. 

  • To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.). 

noun
  • Manège. 

How often have the words hold the purse strings and manage occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )