light at the end of the tunnel vs silver lining

light at the end of the tunnel

noun
  • A better situation after long hardship. 

  • A vision of a bright light, surrounded by darkness, seen by a dying person 

silver lining

noun
  • A good aspect of a mostly bad event. 

How often have the words light at the end of the tunnel and silver lining occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )