in the drink vs tight as a tick

in the drink

prep

  • In or into a body of water. 

tight as a tick

adj

  • Drunk, inebriated. 

  • Fully inflated; swollen near to bursting. 

  • Unwilling to spend money. 

How often have the words in the drink and tight as a tick occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )