off balance vs tottering

off balance

prep
  • surprised; perplexed 

  • Not physical balanced; not having physical equilibrium. 

tottering

adj
  • Unstable, insecure or wobbly. 

  • Unsteady, precarious or rickety. 

noun
  • The movement of one who totters. 

How often have the words off balance and tottering occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )