Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Rattle
She rattles away like a woman’s tongue.
—William H. Ainsworth
Rattled in his ear like coins dropped on a barroom floor.
—Anonymous
Rattled like a parchment drum.
—Anonymous
Rattle like peas in a bladder.
—Anonymous
Rattled like a pair of castanets.
—Alphonse Daudet
His bones
Rattle in his skin, like beans tossed in a bladder.
—Philip Massinger
Rattled like shutters in a blast.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox