gushing vs laid on with a trowel

gushing

adj
  • Inclined to gush; effusive. 

  • Flowing forth suddenly or violently. 

noun
  • The act or motion of something that gushes. 

laid on with a trowel

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