hand in hand vs in cahoots

hand in hand

adv
  • Naturally, ordinarily or predictably together; commonly having a correlation or relationship. 

  • Holding or clasping hands. 

in cahoots

adj
  • colluding or conspiring together secretly 

  • collaborating (with) 

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