life savings vs penny-pinching

life savings

noun
  • A large sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years. 

penny-pinching

noun
  • reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony 

  • Instance of extreme economy. 

adj
  • reluctant to spend money; close-fisted 

How often have the words life savings and penny-pinching occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )