galley slave vs workhorse

galley slave

noun
  • A slave who rows in a galley (type of ship). 

workhorse

noun
  • Anyone or anything that does a lot of work; something or someone who works consistently or regularly. 

  • A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse. 

How often have the words galley slave and workhorse occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )