The now commonly-used English idiom “the signs of the times” (meaning something that signifies the situation evident in the current times, often with a negative connotation) was first coined in 1526 in the English New Testament translation of William Tyndale (in the spelling ye signes of the tymes). (Source: Crystal 2010, p. 285)

Likewise, the German idiom Zeichen der Zeit (literally “signs of the times”) has also become an idiom with a similar meaning. This was coined in 1522 in the German New Testament translation by Martin Luther. (Source: Günther 2017, p. 90)

In French, the phrase signe des temps is likewise used as an idiom. (Source: Muller 1991, p. 61)

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