to the brim vs to the core

to the brim

prep
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, brim. 

  • To the point of being full, almost overflowing. 

to the core

prep
  • Completely, down to one's very essence. 

How often have the words to the brim and to the core occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )