on the blink vs toes up

on the blink

prep
  • functioning erratically, malfunctioning; not working or not working well. Usually refers to a mechanical or electrical device. 

toes up

adj
  • broken, completely failed so as to become inactive 

  • dead, killed 

How often have the words on the blink and toes up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )