drop dead vs pass the river

drop dead

verb
  • To die suddenly. 

  • To be appalled or mortified. 

intj
  • Used angrily to express disgust, contempt, derision, etc., toward another person. 

pass the river

verb
  • To die. 

How often have the words drop dead and pass the river occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )