solid as a rock vs steadfast

solid as a rock

adj
  • Very reliable and dependable 

  • Extremely thick and heavy, so as to make it impossible to move. 

steadfast

adj
  • Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving. 

  • Fixed or unchanging; steady. 

How often have the words solid as a rock and steadfast occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )