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Originally Posted by femuse
NO, nothing to do with sorcerers and the like :D . It's a very common expression - used like this:
"A friend of ours is a retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel.
No wonder he does not brag too much about his military carreer: during the Vietman war, he was flying a desk in Syracuse, NY." [true story  ]
I don't remember a similar French expression. What about in other languages ?
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My, you are a very bright one-year-old, Femuse!
Seriously, though, this is a great expression! In French we say that sort of person is "
un rond-de-cuir" (literally, a circular piece of leather that civil servants used to place on their office chair to make it more comfy) or "
planqué dans un bureau" ("stashed away in an office").