lying vs on end

lying

noun

  • The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground. 

  • An act of telling a lie or falsehood. 

adj

  • Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious 

on end

prep

  • upright; erect; endways 

  • without interruption, without stopping, continuously 

How often have the words lying and on end occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )