praise vs tear a strip off someone

praise

verb

  • To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship. 

noun

  • Commendation; favourable representation in words. 

  • Worship. 

tear a strip off someone

verb

  • To scold vigorously. 

How often have the words praise and tear a strip off someone occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )