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

Noise

To catch a squirrel make a noise like a nut.
—Anonymous

As much fuss and noise as a one-legged man falling down stairs.
—Anonymous

Make noises like a drunken Zulu trying to sing a Swedish folk song.
—Irvin S. Cobb

Make a noise like an assessment.
—O. Henry

The noise was in the beast’s belly like unto the questyng of thirty couple hounds.
—Thomas Malory