Dedicated to two birthday ladies - Krysza and Kinga - Happy birthday!
A sign of the times is not so much an idiom as a phrase.
Usually people use it to describe a trend or something that happens now in our times.
It's a sign of the times that people are always in a rush.
It's a sign of the times that people don't eat as a family.
Well, lets not get too depressed. It's the weekend and here's an interesting short film called Signs!