make a living vs put food on the table

make a living

verb
  • To earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family. 

  • To manage to find enough food to survive. 

put food on the table

verb
  • To provide enough money to cover basic necessities. 

How often have the words make a living and put food on the table occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )