be stuck behind a desk

His insight was critical in solving a number of cases, but he always resented being stuck behind a desk.

He chafed at this; he had joined Naval Intelligence because he enjoyed the adventure of work in the field, and he hated being stuck behind a desk.

It can be just as filling and comforting as a hot dish, while at the same time far lighter - a good thing if you are stuck behind a desk most of the day.

If he was going to be stuck behind a desk for the foreseeable future, he would need an executive assistant who could match his pace and not go wide-eyed with terror every time he gave an order.

Athough most of the women who run the services report that profits are low, they said the benefits - being self-employed, not being stuck behind a desk, not needing child care - outweighed the smaller income.

Mason was no longer qualified as a SEAL, while Coburn, though he'd maintained his quals over the years with a fiercely dedicated daily regimen of running, exercise, and workouts, was stuck behind a desk.

Information on said targets is provided to them by Munroe's police contact Walter Lewis (Bob Hoskins), one of the few police officers who is not corrupt and who has been stuck behind a desk by his superiors.

LEAD: Forty days after Iraqi tanks rolled across the Kuwaiti border, April C. Glaspie, the American Ambassador to Iraq, is stuck behind a desk at the State Department, playing only a minor role in the Administration management of the Persian Gulf crisis and longing to go back to Baghdad.