off the hook vs permitted

off the hook

adj
  • Relieved of a duty, burden, responsibility, or pressure. 

  • Of a telephone, having an open connection; not hung up. 

  • Performing extraordinarily well. 

  • Fresh, cool, trendy, excellent, incredible. 

  • Of a telephone, ringing frequently. 

permitted

adj
  • Allowed, authorized. 

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