make a living vs pay the rent

make a living

verb
  • To earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family. 

  • To manage to find enough food to survive. 

pay the rent

verb
  • To provide enough income to afford a place to live. 

  • To provide reparation or compensation to Indigenous Australians based on the claim that the country is theirs. 

How often have the words make a living and pay the rent occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )