The phrase "a queue down" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a situation where there is a line or queue that extends down a certain area, but it lacks clarity and proper structure.
Example: "There was a queue down the street waiting for the concert tickets."
Alternatives: "a line down" or "a queue stretching down".
"Please smash me in the face" - well, there'd be a queue down the street to do that.
You could eat the same meal – minus the outré creations – for less money and without a queue down the block, at a traditional diner, seated in a proper booth with elbow room and served by a professional.
While you could argue that it didn't necessarily need to, and that there'd be a queue down to Great Eastern Street ready to do it for them, the fact that it maintained a humble air is to be commended.
There's sure to be a queue stretching down the road.
But since a line had formed earlier, our evening began at the end of a queue snaking down West 47th Street.
Tonight, in Portland, the state's largest city, the street lights are slowly coming on along Milwaukie Avenue, and a queue curls down the block alongside the Aladdin Theatre.
His signings at bookshops were legendary: a queue stretching down the street was de rigueur, and although Pratchett worked quickly at the signatures, he was unfailingly friendly to everyone who turned up.
(There is a glossier C&R Restaurant in Westbourne Grove, the older sibling to this place, but who needs gloss?) After my laksa epiphany I decided to investigate the menu further and returned on a Saturday night to find a queue snaking down the alley.
A queue snakes down the street and bouncers inform soggy punters that it's already one-in, one-out.
"Sometimes you have to wait for ages in a McDonald's, but this seems to have cut the queues down".
Dr. Andrew Sum of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston mentioned the phenomenon of "queuing down".
