celebrate vs take one's hat off to

celebrate

verb
  • To extol or honour in a solemn manner. 

  • To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to perform with appropriate rites. 

  • To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly. 

  • To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event. 

take one's hat off to

verb
  • To praise or thank; to congratulate. 

  • To remove one's hat as a sign of respect to. 

How often have the words celebrate and take one's hat off to occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )