hot under collar vs nervous

hot under collar

nervous

adj
  • Affecting the nerves or nervous system. 

  • Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge. 

  • Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried. 

  • Supplied with nerves; innervated. 

How often have the words hot under collar and nervous occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )