Can you “wish somebody congratulations”?

Question

Is the construction “wish somebody congratulations” common at all?
I thought you could wish somebody good luck etc., or you could congratulate them.

Then I read president-elect Trump tweet

The President of Taiwan CALLED ME today to wish me congratulations on winning the Presidency.

It's fair enough in a tweet, I suppose (apart from using more letters than necessary). — Mick, Dec 5 '16 at 11:43
To mine, it would be natural to "give congratulations" rather than to wish them. I interpret "wish congratulations" as meaning "to hope someone else will congratulate" just as "wish luck" means "to hope luck will be experienced". — Dan Henderson, Dec 5 '16 at 13:52
In answer to your question (is it common?) — no; in answer to the impled questions of is it right? — yes: while not idiomatic, it is grammatically correct. — BladorthinTheGrey, Dec 6 '16 at 14:19

BladorthinTheGrey · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-06 14:27:46Z

Simply, no it is not common, paticularly in relation to the more idiomatic phrase give congratulations.

As Google Ngrams shows, historically, give is far more common, although it has become less popular recently.

Wish has gone up in popularity over the last half-century but is still below give.

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