solid as a rock vs unsteady

solid as a rock

adj
  • Extremely thick and heavy, so as to make it impossible to move. 

  • Very reliable and dependable 

unsteady

verb
  • To render unsteady, removing balance. 

adj
  • Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior. 

  • Lacking regularity or uniformity. 

  • Not held firmly in position, physically unstable. 

How often have the words solid as a rock and unsteady occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )