lay an egg vs personify

lay an egg

verb
  • To produce an egg. 

  • To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful. 

personify

verb
  • To be an example of; to have all the attributes of. 

  • To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or persona. 

How often have the words lay an egg and personify occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )