nervous vs run scared

nervous

adj
  • Affecting the nerves or nervous system. 

  • Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge. 

  • Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried. 

  • Supplied with nerves; innervated. 

run scared

verb
  • To be in a state of fearful alarm. 

How often have the words nervous and run scared occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )