breathing space vs long weekend

breathing space

noun
  • A rest, pause, or respite. 

  • Enough distance so that one can feel unfettered. 

  • Sufficient space or a span of time in which to recover one's breath. 

long weekend

noun
  • A weekend extended by one or more days off falling on a day or days immediately preceding or following it. 

How often have the words breathing space and long weekend occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )