pine vs take one's medicine

pine

verb
  • To inflict pain upon; to torment. 

  • To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering. 

  • To grieve or mourn for. 

  • To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress. 

noun
  • The wood of this tree. 

  • Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect. 

  • Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus. 

  • A pineapple. 

take one's medicine

verb
  • To endure an unpleasant obligation, especially a punishment. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, medicine. 

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