by no stretch of the imagination vs in no way

by no stretch of the imagination

prep

  • Synonym of in no way: never ever, not for any reason; in no sense. 

  • Synonym of by no means: certainly not, definitely not, not by any means. 

in no way

prep

  • never ever; not for any reason 

  • in no sense 

How often have the words by no stretch of the imagination and in no way occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )