Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Furious

Furious as a favored child
Balked of its wish.
—Lord Byron

As breme [furiously] as blase of straw yset on fyre.
—Geoffrey Chaucer

Furious … like a wounded bull in an arena.
—Alexandre Dumas, père

Furious as the wind.
—Thomas Otway

Furious … as a bitch is when she has lost her puppies.
—Sir John Vanbrugh