laid-off vs on the bench

laid-off

adj
  • Made unemployed or redundant. 

  • Bet with another bookmaker to reduce risk. 

on the bench

prep
  • substituted from a sports event, or waiting to be brought on as a substitute 

  • presiding as a judge in a court 

How often have the words laid-off and on the bench occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )