larger than life vs mountainous

larger than life

adj
  • Of greater size or magnitude than is naturally or normally the case. 

  • Usually of a person: very imposing, renowned, or impressively influential. 

mountainous

adj
  • Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering. 

  • Very difficult. 

  • Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky. 

How often have the words larger than life and mountainous occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )