stiff as a board vs stony

stiff as a board

adj
  • Very stiff. 

stony

adj
  • As hard as stone. 

  • Of an action or expression such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion. 

  • Containing or made up of stones. 

  • Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion. 

How often have the words stiff as a board and stony occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )