no dice vs productive

no dice

phrase
  • An unfavorable result. 

  • An unacceptable alternative. 

  • Used to express a negative outcome or decision 

productive

adj
  • Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract. 

  • Of inflammation, producing new tissue. 

  • Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile. 

  • Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services. 

  • Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words. 

  • Yielding good or useful results; constructive. 

  • A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic. 

How often have the words no dice and productive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )