Lines around the block?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

Hi, could you please explain what the phrase “lines around the block” means in the following sentence?

I just heard about a new clothing store in Pasadena that has lines around the block. A clothing store!)

Thanks a lot,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEIC listening, photographs: A landfill compactor[YSaerTTEW443543]

2

I think that ‘A store has lines around the block’ just means that the shop is so successful that people are queuing around the corner to get in.

3

Yes Conchita, thanks for enlightening me. Of course you are right, in the US lines are queues.[YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEIC listening, photographs: At the marina[YSaerTTEW443543]