thin as a wafer vs wanting

thin as a wafer

adj

  • Extremely thin. 

wanting

adj

  • Deficient. 

  • That wants or desires. 

  • Absent or lacking. 

noun

  • The state of wanting something; desire. 

prep

  • Without, except, but. 

  • Less, short of, minus. 

How often have the words thin as a wafer and wanting occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )