beyond the pale vs laid on with a trowel

beyond the pale

prep
  • Of a person or their behaviour: outside the bounds of what is acceptable, or regarded as good judgment, morality, ethics, etc. 

  • Used other than as an idiom; generally followed by of: beyond the extent or limits. 

laid on with a trowel

How often have the words beyond the pale and laid on with a trowel occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )