pigeon-livered vs weak-kneed

pigeon-livered

adj
  • cowardly 

weak-kneed

adj
  • Lacking will power or strength of character; timid. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see weak, kneed. 

How often have the words pigeon-livered and weak-kneed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )