take a hike vs whistle in the wind

take a hike

verb
  • To go away; to leave or depart. 

  • To go hiking. 

whistle in the wind

verb
  • To attempt something that is futile; to say something that is not heeded. 

How often have the words take a hike and whistle in the wind occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )