Её отец был злой, как собака, когда обнаружил, что её видели с этим рок-музыкантом.
Her father saw red when he found out she had been seen with that rock musician.
Her father was as mad as a hornet when he found out she'd been seeing that rock musician.
Her father was as fierce as twenty bloodhounds when he found out she had been seen with this rock musician.
"Think,—the god comes down as fierce
As twenty bloodhounds! shakes you, strangles you,
Until the oracular shriek shall ooze in froth!"
from Aurora Leigh (1857) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
There are plenty of other similes equally as good. I just thought "mad as a dog" was a bit overused.
I must admit "saw red" is a better translation.
Thank you, Arthur. Cool quote.
I thought of “mad as a dog“ too, but thought it would be too literal, given the
Russian.
I think another good translation in reference to angry fathers would be “went through the roof.”