cut down to size vs humble

cut down to size

verb
  • To humble or humiliate, especially someone or something that is perceived as overly domineering or too proud. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, down, size. 

humble

verb
  • To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive. 

  • To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of 

adj
  • Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. 

  • Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest. 

noun
  • An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject. 

How often have the words cut down to size and humble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )