laid on with a trowel vs melodramatic

laid on with a trowel

melodramatic

adj
  • Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. 

  • Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental. 

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