need help about mouseover()

need help about mouseover()

I'm new on jquery and i just wanna ask why the code below is not working on IE?  It works fine FF and other browser. whats wrong with the script?

  1. <script type="text/javascript">
  2.       $(function(){ $("dl.alist").live('mouseover',function(){
  3.              $(this).css('background-color','#ddffbb').mouseout(function(){
  4.             this).css('background-color','transparent');
  5.              });
  6.        });
  7.  });
  8. </script>
idea is highly appreciated!

best regards,

aleks