in the clear vs off the hook

in the clear

prep
  • Not guilty or not suspected of wrongdoing. 

  • Transmitted without encryption or scrambling. 

  • No longer in danger. 

off the hook

adj
  • Of a telephone, having an open connection; not hung up. 

  • Performing extraordinarily well. 

  • Relieved of a duty, burden, responsibility, or pressure. 

  • Fresh, cool, trendy, excellent, incredible. 

  • Of a telephone, ringing frequently. 

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