brink vs water's edge

brink

noun
  • The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge. 

  • The edge or border. 

water's edge

noun
  • The edge of any body of water, such as a lake or sea. 

How often have the words brink and water's edge occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )