rub salt in the wound vs strike someone when they are down

rub salt in the wound

verb
  • To make an injury, physical or emotional, feel worse. 

strike someone when they are down

verb
  • Synonym of kick someone when they are down (“make things worse for someone in a difficult position”) 

How often have the words rub salt in the wound and strike someone when they are down occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )