milk-and-water vs milquetoast

milk-and-water

adj
  • Insipid, wishy-washy, weak. 

noun
  • Something insipid or mawkish. 

milquetoast

adj
  • Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness. 

noun
  • A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness. 

How often have the words milk-and-water and milquetoast occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )