in a world of pain vs up the pole

in a world of pain

prep
  • Synonym of in a world of trouble 

  • Suffering pain. 

up the pole

prep
  • In trouble or difficulty. 

  • In favour or good repute; strait-laced. 

  • In confusion or error. 

  • Crazy; at one's wits' end. 

How often have the words in a world of pain and up the pole occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )