lick the pants off vs trounce

lick the pants off

verb
  • To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition. 

trounce

verb
  • To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin. 

  • To pass across or over; to traverse. 

  • To travel quickly over a long distance. 

  • To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue. 

  • To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge. 

  • To beat severely; to thrash. 

  • To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language. 

noun
  • A journey involving quick travel; also, one that is dangerous or laborious. 

  • A walk involving some difficulty or effort; a trek, a tramp, a trudge. 

  • An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat. 

How often have the words lick the pants off and trounce occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )