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I have some trouble understanding this sentence:

> AとかけましてBと解きます。その心はC。
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Meaning of sentence
It's the format of a traditional Japanese joke in the form of a riddle (謎かけ).
The wording is kind of fixed and outdated, so you may find it a bit difficult
to understand from today's language.

> AとかけましてBと解きます。その心はC。  
>  Literally: _(I) pose (you) A, and (you) answer B. The clue is... C._  
>  Meaning: _What do A and B have in common? It's C._

What goes in _C_ is the punch line and often is a pun on _A_ and _B_.
Sometimes the entire joke is given in monologue, sometimes it's played in Q&A
style (the original way): "What is like _A_?" → " _B_ is." → "Why?" → "Because
_C_."

An example from
[Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9E%E3%81%8B%E3%81%91):

> 「ミニスカート」とかけて、「結婚式のスピーチ」と解く。その心は「短いほど喜ばれる」  
>  _Why is a "mini-skirt" like a "wedding speech"? Because "the shorter (they
> are), the more are pleased (with them)"._
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