elude vs stay shy of

elude

verb
  • To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to. 

  • To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind. 

  • To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill. 

  • To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip. 

stay shy of

How often have the words elude and stay shy of occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )