ride a desk

ride a desk

To spend the majority of one's time working at a desk. A humorous play on "desk jockey," meaning the same. I was breaking my back working construction for five years before I finally got a job riding a desk at the local bank. I feel sorry for all those people stuck inside riding desks for eight hours a day.
See also: desk, ride
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • desk jockey
  • hot desk
  • get into good shape
  • get in(to) shape
  • in (good) condition
  • in condition
  • in good condition
  • functionally
  • be away from (one's) desk
  • be in shape