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

Scold (Verb)

Rail and scold like butter-women.
—Robert Burton

Scold like a wet parrot.
—Stephen Crane

Scold like an oyster-woman at Billingsgate.
—James O. Halliwell-Phillipps (Dictionary)

Scold like shrewish wives at tavern door.
—Thomas Hood

Scold and rail
Like porters o’er a pot of ale.
—Jonathan Swift