come to grief vs misfire

come to grief

verb
  • To suffer a disastrous outcome. 

misfire

verb
  • To fail to achieve the anticipated result. 

  • To fail to ignite in the proper sequence. 

  • To fail to discharge properly. 

noun
  • An act of misfiring. 

How often have the words come to grief and misfire occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )